The Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit

# 39 Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 1Ti 1:19b,20 - “which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck, 20 of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. (1 Tim 1:19b,20) To reject the bodily resurrection of Jesus is to reject Him as the Christ, the Son of the Living God and this is blasphemy plain and simple. It is the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit that Jesus spoke of in Mt 12:31 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Remember when Jesus asked His disciples, “Who do you say I am?” And Peter replied: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." 17 Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. (Mt 16:16,17) It was this revelation that the Father sent Holy Spirit convinced Peter of and it is the bed-rock bottom line confession of the church! To reject this truth is to commit the unforgiveable sin of blasphemy, and to reject the resurrection of Christ is to reject Him as the Son of the Living God! Is there hope for those caught up in this sin? Yes there is! Paul turned Hymenaeus out of the church and over to Satan in the hopes that he would “learn” not to blaspheme. To learn here is to chastise in order to educate someone to conform to divine truth. As long as Hymenaeus had breath in his body, he had opportunity to receive the conviction of the Holy Spirit that Jesus is the risen Lord, the Christ, the Son of the living God and be saved. He had the same opportunity and invitation that you and I have today: “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Rom 10:9)